R3D2

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NORAD ID: 44073

Int'l Code: 2019-016 A

Perigee: 427.9 km

Apogee: 440.1 km

Inclination: 39.5 °

Period: 93.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 6804 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: February 28, 2019
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: Rocket Lab Launch Complex (RLLC)

R3D2 (Radio Frequency Risk Reduction Deployment Demonstration) is a DARPA mission to space-qualify a new type of membrane reflectarray antenna. The antenna, made of a tissue-thin Kapton membrane, packs tightly for stowage during launch and then will deploy to its full size of 2.25 meters in diameter once it reaches low Earth orbit.

1 44073U 19016A   19166.92778437 -.00000227  00000-0  00000+0 0  9996
2 44073  39.5186 332.1782 0008991 182.0048 178.0939 15.46541546 12212

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC